Method for imaging target object within media which bring about simultaneously scattering and aberration

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a method for imaging a target object within media which bring about simultaneously scattering and aberration capable of imaging of deep depth and high resolution not only by maximizing an accumulation of a single aberration but also by noticeably reducing an distortion of image using simultaneous correction of the scattering and the aberration.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)

This application claims the benefit under 35 USC § 119(a) of KoreanPatent Application No. 10-2017-0045058 filed on Apr. 7, 2017, in theKorean Intellectual Property Office, the entire disclosure of which isincorporated herein by reference for all purposes.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates generally to a method for imaging a targetobject within media which bring about simultaneously scattering andaberration. More particularly, the present invention relates to a methodfor imaging a target object within media which bring aboutsimultaneously scattering and aberration capable of imaging of deepdepth and high resolution by simultaneously correcting the scatteringand the aberration.

BACKGROUND ART

Reaching ultimate diffraction-limit spatial resolution, which isapproximately half a wavelength of a light source, is very importanttechnology with imaging a target object embedded deep within scatteringmedia, such as biological tissues. Multiple scattering events attenuatelight waves that preserve original incidence momenta and generatemultiply scattered waves, which act as strong background noise. Astarget depth is increased, these combined effects lead to an exponentialdecrease of a signal to noise ratio (SNR). Because of this, sub-micronscales of important biological reactions occurring inside living tissueshave been out of reach as a consequence, and optical microscopy wasunable to effectively support an investigation of the early stages ofdisease progression and the study of nervous systems.

When considering a target spatial resolution close to the ultimatediffraction limit, the attenuation of SNR by the multiple lightscattering is not the only problem. In fact, a so-calledspecimen-induced aberration is an equally important issue to address. Asignal wave that preserves original incidence momenta is not onlyattenuated in its intensity by the multiple light scattering, but itsphase is also retarded due to the heterogeneity of the medium.

These phase retardations of the signal wave vary depending on apropagation angle, and the phase retardations take place for both anincident path and a returning path. These angle-dependent phaseretardations cause a distortion of a reconstructed object image, andmake them the main source of specimen-induced aberration. Also, theyalso hinder a proper accumulation of the signal wave in the imagereconstruction stage and cause a further reduction in SNR in addition tothat caused by multiple light scattering.

For example, the specimen-induced aberration of the typical biologicaltissue with thicknesses of a few scattering mean free paths (MFPs) canattenuate the single scattering intensity of the target object image byhundreds of times. This detrimental aberration effect is much morepronounced for high-resolution imaging, as waves propagating at largeincidence angle retaining high-spatial frequency information tend topass through effectively longer paths and are thus more likely toexperience large phase retardation. The real challenge of theseaberrations when imaging the target object in scattering media is thatthey are extremely difficult to identify in the presence of strongmultiple light scattering.

In this regard, numerous attempts have tried to deal with eitherscattering or aberration individually in the past researches. The methodfor dealing with scattering uses a temporal gating and/or a confocalgating for the selective collection of a single-scattered wave. However,the existence of the specimen-induced aberration easily undermines thesegating operations.

Using an eigenchannel to better accumulate the signal wave has beenattempted, in paper of Popoff, etc. “Exploiting the Time-ReversalOperator for Adaptive Optics, Selective Focusing, and Scattering PatternAnalysis (Physical Review Letters 107, 263901 (2011))”, but does notguarantee aberration compensation.

In Korean Patent number 10-1688873 “OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY” whichis applied by inventors of a present invention and a paper “Imaging deepwithin a scattering medium using collective accumulation ofsingle-scattered waves (Nature Photonics 9, 253-258, 2015)”, a methodtermed collective accumulation of single scattering (CASS) microscopywas proposed.

The CASS method combines both time-gated detection and spatialinput-output correlation. The CASS method was used to preferentiallyaccumulate the single-scattered wave, which is the wave scattered onlyonce by the target object, but not at all by the medium. This hasresulted in a dramatic increase of working depth such that spatialresolution of 1.5 μm can be maintained up to 11 MFPs.

For example, if the conventional method is used, the spatial resolutionof 0.6 μm can be maintained only up to 8 MFPs at the same condition.However, the specimen-induced aberration in the biological tissuehinders the accumulation of the single-scattered wave. Strictlyspeaking, the achievable depth is even shallower than this fundamentallimit by a few MFPs.

On the other hand, the method for dealing with aberration has beenactively proposed in the field of adaptive optics. The aberration usedto be characterized on the basis of Zernike polynomials by directwavefront sensing or experimental feedback control. These approacheshave been particularly useful for fluorescence imaging because only theaberration correction of the incident wave matters. Nevertheless, theability to address both multiple scattering and aberrations has beenlimited by an insufficient number of control elements in a wavefrontshaping device. The adaptive optics for the coherent imaging has provedeven more difficult to implement when multiple scattering noise exists,and successful implementations have only been reported for cases withnegligible multiple light scattering.

If the background noise caused by multiple light scattering is notaddressed, the intensity of the single-scattered wave is less than theintensity of the background noise caused by the multiple-scattered wave.On the other hand, if aberration is not addressed, then thesingle-scattered wave is accumulated so ineffectively that they may noteffectively compete with the multiple-scattered wave.

DISCLOSURE Technical Problem

Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind theabove problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the presentinvention is to provide a method for imaging a target object withinmedia which bring about simultaneously scattering and aberration capableof imaging of deep depth and high resolution not only by maximizing anaccumulation of a single aberration but also by noticeably reducing andistortion of image using simultaneous correction of the scattering andthe aberration.

Technical Solution

In order to accomplish the above object, one embodiment of the presentinvention provides a method for imaging a target object within mediawhich bring about simultaneously scattering and aberration comprisingthe following steps: (a) obtaining a plurality of emission beams emittedfrom the target object in accordance with change of an incidence angleof an incidence beam; (b) constructing a time-resolved emission matrixwhich is composed of an incidence wave vector of the incidence beam andan emission wave vector of the emission beam; (c) re-constructing thetime-resolved emission matrix to an incidence path aberration correctionmatrix which is composed of the incidence wave vector and a deviationbetween the emission wave vector and the incidence wave vector; (d)applying an incidence path aberration correction set to the incidencepath aberration correction matrix, thereby calculating an optimumincidence path aberration correction set at which a total intensity ofcomplex sum of a deviation spectrum between the emission beam and theincidence beam is maximized; (e) correcting the time-resolved emissionmatrix by using optimum incidence path aberration correction set; (f)re-constructing the time-resolved emission matrix corrected in the step(e) to a emission path aberration correction matrix which is composed ofthe emission wave vector and a deviation between the incidence wavevector and the emission wave vector; (g) applying an emission pathaberration correction set to the emission path aberration correctionmatrix, thereby calculating an optimum emission path aberrationcorrection set at which a total intensity of complex sum of a deviationspectrum between a reverse emission beam and a reverse incidence beam ismaximized, the reverse emission beam and the reverse incidence beam havereverse phase corresponding to the emission path aberration correctionmatrix; (h) correcting the time-resolved emission matrix corrected inthe step (e) by using the optimum emission path aberration correctionset; and (i) obtaining an image by accumulating same deviation spectrumbetween the emission beam and the incidence beam in the time-resolvedemission matrix corrected in the step (h).

Herein, the step (c) to the step (h) is repetitively executed for thecorrected time-resolved emission matrix according to a pre-registeredstandard; and the step (i) is executed after repetitive execution of thestep (c) to the step (h).

Further, the emission beam comprises a reflection beam reflected fromthe target object or a penetration beam penetrating the target object.

Further, a spectrum of the emission beam to which the incidence pathaberration correction set is applied in the step (d) is defined byformula

  ɛ CLASS ( 1 ) ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = ⁢ ∑ i ⁢ ɛ o ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1) ( ⁢ i ) = ⁢ γ ⁢ 𝒪 ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) · ∑ i ⁢ P i a ( i ) ⁢ P o a ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ( i ) + ⁢ β ⁢ ∑ i ⁢ ɛ o M ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 )( i )

wherein θ_(i) ⁽¹⁾({right arrow over (k)}^(i)) is the incidence pathaberration correction set, P({right arrow over (k)}) is a complex pupilfunction where a subscript ‘o’ represents an emission path and ‘i’represents an incidence path, γ=exp[−2L/l_(s)], L is a thickness of themedia, ls is a scattering mean free path, β is an average intensity of amultiple scattering wave in the emission beam, {right arrow over(k)}^(i) is the incidence wave vector, and {right arrow over (k)}^(o) isthe emission wave vector which is {right arrow over (k)}^(o)={rightarrow over (k)}^(i)+Δ{right arrow over (k)}.

Further, the deviation spectrum between the reverse emission beam andthe reverse incidence beam to which the emission path aberrationcorrection set is applied in the step (g) is defined by formula

a . ⁢ ɛ CLASS pc ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = γ ⁢ 𝒪 - 1 ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) · ∑ 0 ⁢ P o a ( 0 ) *⁢⁢P i ( 1 ) ( o + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) * ⁢ ⁢ exp ⁢ ⁢ i ⁢ ⁢ θ o ( 1 ) ( o ) + ⁢ b . ⁢ β ⁢ ∑ o ⁢ɛ o M ( o + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) * ⁢ exp ⁡ [ i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ( i ) ] ⁢ exp ⁢ ⁢ i ⁢ ⁢ θ 0 ( 1) ( o )wherein θ_(o) ⁽¹⁾({right arrow over (k)}_(o)) is the emission pathaberration correction set, P({right arrow over (k)}) is a complex pupilfunction where a subscript ‘o’ represents an emission path and ‘i’represents an incidence path, γ=exp[−2L/l_(s)], β is an averageintensity of a multiple scattering wave in the emission beam, {rightarrow over (k)}^(i) is the incidence wave vector, and {right arrow over(k)}^(o) is the emission wave vector which is {right arrow over(k)}^(o)={right arrow over (k)}^(i)+Δ{right arrow over (k)}.

Further, the incidence path aberration correction matrix isre-constructed as type of time-resolved emission matrix after applyingthe optimum incidence path aberration correction set to the incidencepath aberration correction matrix, thereby the time-resolved emissionmatrix being corrected in the step (e).

Further, the emission path correction matrix is re-constructed as typeof time-resolved emission matrix after applying the optimum emissionpath aberration correction set to the emission path correction matrix,thereby the time-resolved emission matrix being corrected in the step(h).

Further, a number of random pattern lights with a plurality of incidenceangles is incident as the incidence beam.

In order to accomplish the above object, the other embodiment of thepresent invention provides a method for imaging a target object withinmedia which bring about simultaneously scattering and aberrationcomprising the following steps: (A) obtaining a plurality of emissionbeams emitted from the target object in accordance with change of anincidence angle of an incidence beam; (B) constructing a time-resolvedemission matrix which is composed of an incidence wave vector of theincidence beam and an emission wave vector of the emission beam; (C)re-constructing the time-resolved emission matrix to an emission pathaberration correction matrix which is composed of the emission wavevector and a deviation between the incidence wave vector and theemission wave vector; (D) applying an emission path aberrationcorrection set to the emission path aberration correction matrix,thereby calculating an optimum emission path aberration correction setat which a total intensity of complex sum of a deviation spectrumbetween a reverse emission beam and a reverse incidence beam ismaximized, the reverse emission beam and the reverse incidence beam havereverse phase corresponding to the emission path aberration correctionmatrix; (E) correcting the time-resolved emission matrix by using theoptimum emission path aberration correction set; (F) re-constructing thetime-resolved emission matrix corrected in the step (E) to an incidencepath aberration correction matrix which is composed of the incidencewave vector and a deviation between the emission wave vector and theincidence wave vector; (G) applying an incidence path aberrationcorrection set to the incidence path aberration correction matrix,thereby calculating an optimum incidence path aberration correction setat which a total intensity of complex sum of a deviation spectrumbetween the emission beam and the incidence beam is maximized; (H)correcting the time-resolved emission matrix corrected in the step (E)by using optimum incidence path aberration correction set; and (I)obtaining an image by accumulating same deviation spectrum between theemission beam and the incidence beam in the time-resolved emissionmatrix corrected in the step (H).

Herein, the step (C) to the step (H) is repetitively executed for thecorrected time-resolved emission matrix according to a pre-registeredstandard; and the step (I) is executed after repetitive execution of thestep (C) to the step (H).

Further, the emission beam comprises a reflection beam reflected fromthe target object or a penetration beam penetrating the target object.

Further, wherein a spectrum of the emission beam to which the incidencepath aberration correction set is applied in the step (G) is defined byformula

a . ⁢ ɛ CLASS ( 1 ) ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = ∑ i ⁢ ɛ o ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i (1 ) ( i ) b . ⁢ = γ ⁢ 𝒪 ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) · ∑ i ⁢ P i a ⁡ ( i ) ⁢ P o a ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ( i ) + ⁢ ⁢ β ⁢ ∑ i ⁢ ɛ o M ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θi ( 1 ) ( i )wherein θ_(i) ⁽¹⁾({right arrow over (k)}^(i)) is the incidence pathaberration correction set, P({right arrow over (k)}) is a complex pupilfunction where a subscript ‘o’ represents an emission path and ‘i’represents an incidence path, γ=exp[−2L/l_(s)], L is a thickness of themedia, ls is a scattering mean free path, β is an average intensity of amultiple scattering wave in the emission beam, {right arrow over(k)}^(i) is the incidence wave vector, and {right arrow over (k)}^(o) isthe emission wave vector which is {right arrow over (k)}^(o)={rightarrow over (k)}^(i)+Δ{right arrow over (k)}.

Further, the deviation spectrum between the reverse emission beam andthe reverse incidence beam to which the emission path aberrationcorrection set is applied in the step (D) is defined by formula

a . ⁢ ɛ CLASS pc ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = γ ⁢ 𝒪 - 1 ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) · ∑ o ⁢ P o a ⁡ ( o) * ⁢   P i ( 1 ) ⁡ ( o + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) * ⁢ exp ⁢ ⁢ i ⁢ ⁢ θ o ( 1 ) ⁡ ( o ) + ⁢ b . ⁢β ⁢ ∑ o ⁢ ɛ o M ⁡ ( o + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) * ⁢ exp ⁡ [ i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ⁡ ( i ) ] ⁢ exp ⁢ ⁢ i⁢⁢θ 0 ( 1 ) ⁡ ( 0 )wherein θ_(o) ⁽¹⁾({right arrow over (k)}^(o)) is the emission pathaberration correction set, P({right arrow over (k)}) is a complex pupilfunction where a subscript ‘o’ represents an emission path and ‘i’represents an incidence path, γ=exp[−2L/l_(s)], β is an averageintensity of a multiple scattering wave in the emission beam, {rightarrow over (k)}^(i) is the incidence wave vector, and {right arrow over(k)}^(o) is the emission wave vector which is {right arrow over(k)}^(o)={right arrow over (k)}^(i)+Δ{right arrow over (k)}.

Further, the incidence path aberration correction matrix isre-constructed as type of time-resolved emission matrix after applyingthe optimum incidence path aberration correction set to the incidencepath aberration correction matrix, thereby the time-resolved emissionmatrix being corrected in the step (H).

Further, the emission path correction matrix is re-constructed as typeof time-resolved emission matrix after applying the optimum emissionpath aberration correction set to the emission path correction matrix,thereby the time-resolved emission matrix being corrected in the step(E).

Further, a number of random pattern lights with a plurality of incidenceangles is incident as the incidence beam.

Advantageous Effects

According to the present invention, there is provided a method forimaging a target object within media which bring about simultaneouslyscattering and aberration capable of imaging of deep depth and highresolution not only by maximizing an accumulation of a single aberrationbut also by noticeably reducing a distortion of image using simultaneouscorrection of the scattering and the aberration.

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FIG. 1 shows shapes of an incidence beam and a reflection beam at atarget object within media which bring about simultaneously scatteringand aberration;

FIGS. 2A to 2C show an experimental result for verifying effects of theaberration;

FIGS. 3A to 3D show an example of an image obtained by a conventionalCASS method;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of an experimental setup for performinga method for imaging according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 explains a method for imaging a target object within media whichbring about simultaneously scattering and aberration according to thepresent invention;

FIGS. 6A to 6C and FIGS. 7A and 7B show each matrix and each aberrationcorrection set in a method for imaging a target object within mediawhich bring about simultaneously scattering and aberration according tothe present invention;

FIGS. 8A and 8B, FIGS. 9A to 9C, and FIGS. 10A and 10B explain effectsof a method for imaging a target object within media which bring aboutsimultaneously scattering and aberration according to the presentinvention; and

FIG. 11 explains another example to which a method for imaging a targetobject within media which bring about simultaneously scattering andaberration according to the present invention is applied.

MODE FOR INVENTION

Hereinbelow, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will bedescribed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to explanation of the present invention, effects of an aberrationunder existence of a strong multiple scattering is explained.

Referring to FIG. 1, an incidence wave (a plan wave) incident to atarget object embedded in a thick scattering medium is represented asE(x,y,z=0;{right arrow over (k)}^(i))=exp[−ik_(x) ^(i)x−ik_(y) ^(i)y].Herein, {right arrow over (k)}^(i)=(k_(x) ^(i),k_(y) ^(i)) is atransverse wave vector, that is wave vector of the incidence wave.

When the incidence wave travels through the scattering medium ofthickness L, an intensity of the wave that preserves its originalmomentum is attenuated by a factor of exp(−L/ls), where ls is ascattering mean free path, due to multiple light scattering. Moreover,this unscattered wave undergoes a phase retardation ϕ_(i)({right arrowover (k)}^(i)) depending on {right arrow over (k)}^(i). And then, theunscattered wave reflected by the target object whose amplitudereflectance may be described by an object function O(x,y), and gains thetransverse wave vector Δ{right arrow over (k)} driven by an objectspectrum O(Δ{right arrow over (k)}), which is a Fourier transform of theobject function. The wave vector of an emission wave, that is areflection wave reflected from the target object, as shown in FIG. 1,can be represented as {right arrow over (k)}^(o)={right arrow over(k)}^(i)+Δ{right arrow over (k)}, and the reflection wave is attenuatedby the multiple scattering process and also experiences the additionalaberration described by an phase retardation ϕ_(o)({right arrow over(k)}^(o)) depending on an incidence angle of the incidence wave.Therefore, an angular spectrum of the reflection wave having a flighttime of τ₀=2L/c can be represented as [Formula 1]ε_(o)({right arrow over (k)} ^(o) ,{right arrow over (k)} ^(i))=√{squareroot over (γ)}P _(o) ^(a)({right arrow over (k)} ^(i) +Δ{right arrowover (k)})O(Δ{right arrow over (k)})P _(i) ^(a)({right arrow over (k)}^(i))+√{square root over (β)}ε_(o) ^(M)({right arrow over (k)} ^(i)+Δ{right arrow over (k)};τ ₀)  [Formula 1]

In [Formula 1], a first term on a right-hand side a single-scatteredwave, a second term is a multiple-scattered wave that have same wavevector and flight time as those of the single-scattered wave. Theremaining multiple-scattered wave can be ruled out by time-gateddetection.)

In [Formula 1], P_(i) ^(a)({right arrow over (k)}^(i))=P({right arrowover (k)}^(i))exp[−ϕ_(i)({right arrow over (k)}^(i))] and P_(o)^(a)({right arrow over (k)}^(o))=P({right arrow over(k)}^(o))exp[−ϕ_(o)({right arrow over (k)}^(o))] are complex pupilfunctions for an incidence path and a reflection path, respectively, andP({right arrow over (k)}) is a pupil function of an ideal objectivelens. For the ideal objective lens, P({right arrow over (k)})=1 for|{right arrow over (k)}|≤k₀α or is satisfied, where α is numericalaperture of the objective lens and k₀ is a magnitude of the wave vectorin free space, and otherwise P({right arrow over (k)})=0.

A factor γ=exp[−2L/l_(s)] describes an intensity attenuation of thesingle-scattered wave for the round trip through the target object. β isan average intensity of the multiple-scattered wave detected by acamera, which is determined by an imaging optics, a time-gating window,and an optical properties of the scattering medium.

The single-scattered wave, which contains information of the targetobject, can be obscured by the strong multiple-scattered wave, becauseγ/β is reduced with increasing the depth of the target object.

In the above mentioned CASS method, effects of the strong multiplescattering was eliminated by the accumulation of the single-scatteredwave. In the CASS method, spatial frequency spectra of the reflectionwave for N_(m) different wave vectors of the incidence wave wasmeasured. In order to preferentially accumulate the single-scatteredwave, the reflection waves that originate from the same object spectrumΔ{right arrow over (k)} are coherently added. This can be represented as[Formula 2].

  ɛ CASS ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = ⁢ ∑ i ⁢ ɛ 0 ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = ⁢ γ ⁢ 𝒪 ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ·∑ i ⁢ P l a ( i ) ⁢ P o a ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) + ⁢ β ⁢ ∑ i ⁢ ɛ o M ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k →) [ Formula ⁢ ⁢ 2 ]

Here, a summation at a first term on a right-hand side of [Formula 2] isa cross-correlation between the complex pupil functions of the incidencepath and the reflection path, and amplifies the object function inproportion to N_(m). In contrast, an amplitude of the multiple-scatteredwave grows in proportion to √{square root over (N_(m))}. Therefore, asignal to noise ratio of the intensity is increased from γ/β to(γ/β)N_(m), and the single scattering intensity can outgrow that of themultiple scattering when N_(m)>β/γ.

However, existence of the aberration significantly undermines theaccumulation of the single scattering signal. This is because thecross-correlation of the complex-valued pupil functions is alwayssmaller than that in the aberration-free case due to an inequality. Toquantify the effect of the aberration, a parameter η that describes aratio between a total accumulated single-scattering intensity with theaberration and that without the aberration is defined as [Formula 3].

η =  ∑ i ⁢ P i a ⁡ ( i ) ⁢ P o a ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → )  Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → 2  ∑ i ⁢ P ⁡ (i ) ⁢ P ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → )  Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → 2 ≤ 1 [ Formula ⁢ ⁢ 3 ]

Here, ∥f(Δ{right arrow over (k)})∥_(Δ{right arrow over (k)}) ^(z)represents summation of an absolute square of for all possible Δ{rightarrow over (k)}. Due to the aberration, the signal to noise ratio of theimaging according the CASS method is reduced from (γ/β)N_(m) to(ηγ/β)N_(m). This suggests that the target object may not be resolvableeven if N_(m)>β/γ.

As a point of reference for the effect of the aberration, a Strehl ratioS, a ratio of a peak intensity of a point-spread-function with andwithout aberration is used in the present invention. Both S and η areattenuated with the increase of the aberration, but in general S<η.Typical adaptive optics can deal with the aberration corresponding toS≥0.1. However, the degree of the aberration according to the presentinvention was so severe that S is two orders of magnitude smaller thanthat the conventional adaptive optics can handle. In addition to thereduction in signal intensity, the cross-correlation adds Δ{right arrowover (k)}-dependent phase retardation to the measured object function,thereby distorting a reconstructed object image.

FIGS. 2A to 2C show an experimental result for verifying effects of theaberration. Referring to FIGS. 2A to 2C, a simulation is performed forthe condition that β=20γ and N_(m)=1245. The size of a field of view(FOV) which is used in the simulation is 20×20 μm². Also, arbitraryaberrations ϕ_(i)({right arrow over (k)}^(i)) and ϕ_(o)({right arrowover (k)}^(o)) as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, respectively, which led toη=1/400 and S=1/2600, are applied.

An amplitude of a cross-correlation map of these two complex pupilfunctions was well below unity, as shown in FIG. 2C, suggesting that theaccumulation of the single scattering would be compromised.

FIG. 3C and show the image of the CASS method without the aberration andthe image of the CASS method with the aberration, respectively, in theabsence of the multiple scattering.

As shown in FIGS. 3A to 3D, the simultaneous presence of the scatteringand the aberration (referring to FIG. 3B) makes it even more difficultto distinguish between two particles than in the aberration-only casebecause, not only the single-scattered wave is improperly accumulated,but also the single-scattered wave are concealed by themultiple-scattered wave.

Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the method for imaging thetarget object within media which bring about simultaneously thescattering and the aberration is explained in detail. In the presentinvention, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, after the incidence wave isincident into the medium and passes through the incidence path, the waveis reflected from the target object and passes through the reflectionpath along the medium, thereby being imaged, that is, the case ofreflection, as an example.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of an experimental setup for performingthe method for imaging according to the present invention. Referring toFIG. 4, an interference microscope is applied. The interferencemicroscope uses a femtosecond laser with center wavelength 800 nm andbandwidth 30 nm, and a Mach-Zhender interferometer.

The light from the laser passes through a lens L1, and is divided into asample beam and a reference beam at a beam splitter B1. A spatial lightmodulator is disposed in the path of the sample beam, and adjusts apattern of light incident to a sample, that is, adjusts an incidenceangle. As one example according to the present invention, by writing2800 random patterns on the spatial light modulator, the incidence beamincident into the sample is generated.

The incidence beam of the random pattern passing through the spatiallight modulator (hereinafter, it is defined as ‘random pattern light’)is incident into the sample via 4-f imaging system. And, the reflectionbeam which reflected from the sample after passing through the mediumgoes to the camera via the 4-f imaging system. In the process asmentioned above, the reflection beam reflected from the sample through abeam splitter BS6 meets the reference beam and then an interference beamis generated by interference between the reflection beam and thereference beam, thereby an interference image is obtained by the camera.Herein, a beam splitter BS3 and lenses L2, L3, L4, L5, and L6 arearranged at a light path of the sample beam and the reflection beam.

Meanwhile, a diffraction grid is arranged at the light path of thereference beam, and a first diffraction beam is filtered out bydiffraction grid, then the first diffraction beam generates an off-axishologram with the reflection beam reflected from the sample through theBS6. Herein, a scan mirror is arranged at the light path of thereference beam, and can control the length of the light path of thereference beam. A product with a coherence distance of roughly 10 μm isapplied as the femtosecond laser used as one example of the presentinvention. That is, when a difference of path length between the samplebeam and the reference beam is within the coherence distance, aninterference pattern is generated, and a time-resolved complex image ofthe reflection beam can be obtained by selecting an interferencecomponent through a Fourier transform.

Herein, beam splitters BS3, BS4, BS5 and lenses L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7,L8, L9, L10, L11, L12 are arranged at the light path of the sample beam,the reflection beam and the reference beam.

FIG. 5 explains a method for imaging a target object within media whichbring about simultaneously scattering and aberration according to thepresent invention. The method in FIG. 5 is performed using theexperimental setup in FIG. 4, as an example.

Firstly, the plurality of the reflection beams which are reflected fromthe target object are obtained in accordance with change of theincidence angle of the incidence beam. In the present invention, 2800 ofthe interference images are obtained using n times of the random patternlights, e.g. 2800 times of the random pattern lights which is composedof the plurality of the incidence beams through the spatial lightmodulator, as an example S10. Herein, for obtaining the incidence beam,a mirror is arranged at the sample plane, and the complex images for theincidence beams are measured using 2800 of the random pattern lightswhich are the same as measuring the sample.

And then, by using the incidence beams measured from the mirror and thereflection beams measured from the sample, a time-resolved reflectionmatrix is constructed, as shown in FIG. 6A. Herein, the time-resolvedreflection matrix is composed of a wave vector of the incidence beam,that is an incidence wave vector {right arrow over (k)}^(i), and a wavevector of the reflection beam, that is a reflection waver vector {rightarrow over (k)}^(o).

And then, the time-resolved reflection matrix is re-constructed to anincidence path aberration correction matrix. The incidence pathaberration correction matrix is composed of the incidence wave vectorand a deviation between the reflection wave vector and the incidencewave vector.

And then, an incidence path aberration correction set θ_(i) ⁽¹⁾({rightarrow over (k)}^(i)) is applied to the incidence path aberrationcorrection matrix, thereby an optimum incidence path aberrationcorrection set at which a total intensity of complex sum of a deviationspectrum Δ{right arrow over (k)}· between the reflection beam and theincidence beam is maximized is calculated S13.

As such, if the time-resolved reflection matrix is corrected by usingthe calculated optimum incidence path aberration correction set, theaberration which is caused at the incidence path can be corrected.

Hereinafter, the correction process of the aberration which is generatedat the incidence path is theoretically explained.

Firstly, the aberration which is caused at the incidence path is definedas ϕ_(i)({right arrow over (k)}^(i)), and the incidence path aberrationcorrection set for correcting the aberration is defined as θ_(i)({rightarrow over (k)}^(i)), as mentioned above.

If an arbitrary incidence path aberration correction set θ_(i)⁽¹⁾({right arrow over (k)}^(i)) is applied to the deviation spectrumΔ{right arrow over (k)}· between the reflection beam and the incidencebeam, it can be defined by [Formula 4]. Herein, [Formula 4] can beinduced by [Formula 2], thus the detailed explanation is omitted.

  ɛ CLASS ( 1 ) ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = ⁢ ∑ i ⁢ ɛ o ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1) ( i ) = ⁢ γ ⁢ 𝒪 ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) · ∑ i ⁢ P i a ⁡ ( i ) ⁢ P o a ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → )⁢e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ( i ) + ⁢ β ⁢ ∑ i ⁢ ɛ o M ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 )( i ) [ Formula ⁢ ⁢ 4 ]

And then, a set of θ_(i) ⁽¹⁾({right arrow over (k)}^(i)) at which thetotal intensity of complex sum of deviation spectrum Δ{right arrow over(k)}· between the reflection beam and the incidence beam is maximized iscalculated through [Formula 5], thereby the optimum incidence pathaberration correction set is calculated.

max θ i ( 1 ) ( i ) ⁢ ∑ Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ⁢  ɛ CLASS ( 1 ) ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → )  2 [Formula ⁢ ⁢ 5 ]

In [Formula 5], while an individual θ_(i) ⁽¹⁾({right arrow over(k)}^(i)) is changed from 0 to 2π, a particular value of θ_(i)⁽¹⁾({right arrow over (k)}^(i)) at which the total intensity of complexsum of the deviation spectrum between the reflection beam and theincidence beam is maximized is fined as the optimum incidence pathaberration correction set.

It is important to note that mainly the single-scattered waves take partin the above process and the multiple-scattered waves play little role.The maps of multiple-scattered waves taken at different incidence anglesare uncorrelated with respect to one another, and remained so even aftermultiplying the phase corrections. Therefore, the maximization processof the total intensity of the spectrum of the reflection beam is almostexclusively due to the aberration correction of the single-scatteredwaves.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6C again, FIG. 6C shows the optimum incidencepath aberration correction set calculated through the above process.Herein, in the present invention, the incidence path aberrationcorrection matrix is re-constructed to time-resolved reflection matrixafter the optimum incidence path aberration correction set is applied tothe incidence path aberration correction matrix, thereby the aberrationof the incidence path of the time-resolved reflection matrix iscorrected, as an example. That this time, the optimum incidence pathaberration correction set is applied to each columns of the incidencepath aberration correction matrix, a same optimum incidence pathaberration correction value is applied to one column.

As mentioned above, when the aberration of the incidence path of thetime-resolved reflection matrix is corrected, the time-resolvedreflection matrix is re-constructed to a reflection path aberrationcorrection matrix S16. Herein, the reflection path aberration correctionmatrix is composed of the reflection wave vector and a deviation betweenthe incidence wave vector and the reflection wave vector, as shown inFIG. 7A.

In more detail, the reflection path aberration correction matrixrepresents the change of the incidence beam according to the reflectionbeam, and it is assumed that the reflection beam is incident into thetarget object as the incidence beam −{right arrow over (k)}^(o), and theincidence beam is detected as the reflection beam −{right arrow over(k)}^(i)=−({right arrow over (k)}^(o)−Δ{right arrow over (k)}). Thoughthe above phase conjugation, if an arbitrary reflection path aberrationcorrection set {right arrow over (θ)}_(o) ⁽¹⁾({right arrow over(k)}^(o)) is applied to a deviation spectrum between the reverseincidence beam and the reverse reflection beam having reverse phasecorresponding to the reflection path aberration correction matrix, itcan be described by [Formula 6]

ɛ CLASS pc ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = γ ⁢ 𝒪 - 1 ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) · ∑ o ⁢ P o a ⁡ ( o ) * ⁢ Pi ( 1 ) ⁡ ( o + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) * ⁢ exp ⁢ ⁢ i ⁢ ⁢ θ o ( 1 ) ⁡ ( o ) + β ⁢ ∑ o ⁢ ɛ o M ⁡( o + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) * ⁢ exp ⁡ [ i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ⁡ ( i ) ] ⁢ exp ⁢ ⁢ i ⁢ ⁢ θ 0 ( 1 ) ⁡ (0 ) [ Formula ⁢ ⁢ 6 ]

And then, similar to [Formula 5], {right arrow over (θ)}_(o) ⁽¹⁾({rightarrow over (k)}^(o)) at which the total intensity of complex sum ofdeviation spectrum between the reverse incidence beam and the reversereflection beam is maximized is calculated, thereby an optimumreflection path aberration correction set is calculated S16.

And then, the time-resolved reflection matrix is corrected again byusing the optimum reflection path aberration correction set S17, thereflection path aberration correction matrix is re-constructed to thetime-resolved reflection matrix after the optimum reflection pathaberration correction set is applied to the reflection path aberrationcorrection matrix, thereby the time-resolved reflection matrix iscorrected, as an example. Herein, the optimum reflection path aberrationcorrection set is applied to each rows of the reflection path aberrationcorrection matrix, a same optimum reflection path aberration correctionvalue is applied to one row.

Herein, in the present invention, the above mentioned aberrationcorrection process of the incidence path and aberration correctionprocess of the reflection path, that is the step S12 to the step S17 arerepetitively executed according to a pre-registered standard, as anexample. In FIG. 5, the steps are repetitively executed a pre-registerednumber of times, such as k times, as an example, but the steps can berepetitively executed until the values of the optimum incidence pathaberration correction set and/or the optimum reflection path aberrationcorrection set in FIG. 6C and FIG. 7B, respectively, come close to ‘0’.

When the aberration correction is finished through the above process, afinal image is obtained by accumulating same deviation spectrum betweenthe emission beam and the incidence beam in the time-resolved reflectionmatrix S19. Herein, the obtaining image by accumulating elements of thereflection beam is the same as the above mentioned CASS method. That is,the effect caused by the multi-scattering can be eliminated through theaccumulating process.

Hereinafter, referring to FIGS. 8A and 8B, FIGS. 9A to 9C, and FIGS. 10Aand 10B, experimental result for explaining an effectiveness of themethod for imaging according to the present invention is explained.

As shown in FIG. 8A, an asymmetric aberration layer featuring acylindrical groove along the y direction with a radius of curvature of6.0 mm is prepared. Because of a refractive index mismatch between theaberration layer and an immersion medium (water, n=1.33), thecylindrical groove causes asymmetric aberrations such as astigmatisms. A7l_(s)-thick scattering layer was placed underneath the aberrationlayer. This arrangement allowed aberration and scattering to becontrolled independently.

And, a target object which is coated by gold is placed under theaberration layer and the scattering layer. Finest lines of thegold-coated target object have a separation of 600 nm. To cover all theorthogonal free modes determined by the illumination area of 30×30 μm²and a spatial frequency bandwidth corresponding to 0.8 NA, the randompattern lights numbering 2,800 were illuminated thereby thetime-resolved reflection matrix is constructed, as shown in FIG. 9A.

And then, by using the time-resolved reflection matrix in FIG. 9A, theimages are generated by the CASS method and the method for imagingaccording to the present invention, respectively. As shown in FIG. 9B,in CASS method, it is difficult to distinguish the gold-coated targetbecause of their extremely-low resolution due to the aberration. On theother hand, in the method for imaging according to the presentinvention, the distinction of the target is clear.

Referring to FIG. 8B, for experiment of a biological tissue, a slice ofrat brain tissue is placed on the top of the target in FIG. 8A. A 500μm-thick slice, whose scattering mean free path was measured to beapproximately 100 μm, is used as the brain tissue. As shown in FIG. 8B,same experiment is conducted for biological medium which brings aboutsimultaneously scattering and aberration. As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B,the images are obtained through the CASS method and the method forimaging according to the present invention, respectively.

Similar to FIGS. 9A to 9C, for the biological tissue, the method forimaging according to the present invention eliminates scattering andaberration simultaneously, thereby the present invention is capable ofimaging of deep depth and high resolution.

In the above mentioned embodiments, as shown in FIG. 5, the aberrationof the incidence path is corrected first, and then the aberration of thereflection path is corrected, as an example. On the contrary, theaberration of the incidence path can be corrected after correcting theaberration of the reflection path.

Also, in the above mentioned embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, thepresent invention is applied to the reflection beam reflected from thetarget, as an example. In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, the method forimaging according to the present invention can be applied to the casethat the incidence beam penetrates the target object within the mediawhich bring about simultaneously scattering and aberration and apenetration beam is measured.

In this case, it can be explained by replacing the term of ‘reflection’in the above mentioned embodiments with the term of ‘penetration’, andthe technical idea of the present invention can be applied to‘penetration’ in the same with ‘reflection’. In the present invention,the term of ‘emission’ including meanings of ‘reflection’ and‘penetration’ is used, and the beam from the target object, in whichinformation of the target object is contained, is defined as‘penetration beam’.

It is understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoingdescription is a preferred embodiment of the disclosed device and thatvarious changes and modifications may be made in the invention withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope thereof.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for imaging a target object within mediawhich bring about simultaneously scattering and aberration comprisingthe following steps: (a) obtaining a plurality of emission beams emittedfrom the target object in accordance with change of an incidence angleof an incidence beam; (b) constructing a time-resolved emission matrixwhich is composed of an incidence wave vector of the incidence beam andan emission wave vector of the emission beam; (c) re-constructing thetime-resolved emission matrix to an incidence path aberration correctionmatrix which is composed of the incidence wave vector and a deviationbetween the emission wave vector and the incidence wave vector; (d)applying an incidence path aberration correction set to the incidencepath aberration correction matrix, thereby calculating an optimumincidence path aberration correction set at which a total intensity ofcomplex sum of a deviation spectrum between the emission beam and theincidence beam is maximized; (e) correcting the time-resolved emissionmatrix by using optimum incidence path aberration correction set; (f)re-constructing the time-resolved emission matrix corrected in the step(e) to a emission path aberration correction matrix which is composed ofthe emission wave vector and a deviation between the incidence wavevector and the emission wave vector; (g) applying an emission pathaberration correction set to the emission path aberration correctionmatrix, thereby calculating an optimum emission path aberrationcorrection set at which a total intensity of complex sum of a deviationspectrum between a reverse emission beam and a reverse incidence beam ismaximized, the reverse emission beam and the reverse incidence beam havereverse phase corresponding to the emission path aberration correctionmatrix; (h) correcting the time-resolved emission matrix corrected inthe step (e) by using the optimum emission path aberration correctionset; and (i) obtaining an image by accumulating same deviation spectrumbetween the emission beam and the incidence beam in the time-resolvedemission matrix corrected in the step (h).
 2. The method for imaging thetarget object within media which bring about simultaneously scatteringand aberration of claim 1, wherein the step (c) to the step (h) isrepetitively executed for the corrected time-resolved emission matrixaccording to a pre-registered standard; and wherein the step (i) isexecuted after repetitive execution of the step (c) to the step (h). 3.The method for imaging the target object within media which bring aboutsimultaneously scattering and aberration of claim 1, wherein theemission beam comprises a reflection beam reflected from the targetobject or a penetration beam penetrating the target object.
 4. Themethod for imaging the target object within media which bring aboutsimultaneously scattering and aberration of claim 1, wherein a spectrumof the emission beam to which the incidence path aberration correctionset is applied in the step (d) is defined by formula   ɛ CLASS ( 1 ) ⁡ (Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = ⁢ ∑ i ⁢ ɛ o ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ( i ) = ⁢ γ ⁢ 𝒪 ⁡ (Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) · ∑ i ⁢ P i a ⁡ ( i ) ⁢ P o a ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) (i ) + ⁢ β ⁢ ∑ i ⁢ ɛ o M ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ( i ) whereinθ_(i) ⁽¹⁾({right arrow over (k)}^(i)) is the incidence path aberrationcorrection set, P({right arrow over (k)}) is a complex pupil functionwhere a subscript ‘o’ represents an emission path and ‘i’ represents anincidence path, γ=exp[−2L/l_(s)], L is a thickness of the media, ls is ascattering mean free path, β is an average intensity of a multiplescattering wave in the emission beam, {right arrow over (k)}^(i) is theincidence wave vector, and {right arrow over (k)}^(o) is the emissionwave vector which is {right arrow over (k)}^(o)={right arrow over(k)}^(i)+Δ{right arrow over (k)}.
 5. The method for imaging the targetobject within media which bring about simultaneously scattering andaberration of claim 1, wherein the deviation spectrum between thereverse emission beam and the reverse incidence beam to which theemission path aberration correction set is applied in the step (g) isdefined by formula ɛ CLASS pc ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = γ ⁢ 𝒪 - 1 ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) · ∑ o⁢P o a ⁡ ( o ) * ⁢ P i ( 1 ) ⁡ ( o + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) * ⁢ exp ⁢ ⁢ i ⁢ ⁢ θ o ( 1 ) ⁡ ( o) + β ⁢ ∑ o ⁢ ɛ o M ⁡ ( o + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) * ⁢ exp ⁡ [ i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ⁡ ( i ) ] ⁢ exp⁢⁢i ⁢ ⁢ θ 0 ( 1 ) ⁡ ( 0 ) wherein θ_(o) ⁽¹⁾({right arrow over (k)}^(o)) isthe emission path aberration correction set, P({right arrow over (k)})is a complex pupil function where a subscript ‘o’ represents an emissionpath and ‘i’ represents an incidence path, γ=exp[−2L/l_(s)], β is anaverage intensity of a multiple scattering wave in the emission beam,{right arrow over (k)}^(i) is the incidence wave vector, and {rightarrow over (k)}^(o) is the emission wave vector which is {right arrowover (k)}^(o)={right arrow over (k)}^(i)+Δ{right arrow over (k)}.
 6. Themethod for imaging the target object within media which bring aboutsimultaneously scattering and aberration of claim 1, wherein theincidence path aberration correction matrix is re-constructed as type oftime-resolved emission matrix after applying the optimum incidence pathaberration correction set to the incidence path aberration correctionmatrix, thereby the time-resolved emission matrix being corrected in thestep (e).
 7. The method for imaging the target object within media whichbring about simultaneously scattering and aberration of claim 1, whereinthe emission path correction matrix is re-constructed as type oftime-resolved emission matrix after applying the optimum emission pathaberration correction set to the emission path correction matrix,thereby the time-resolved emission matrix being corrected in the step(h).
 8. The method for imaging the target object within media whichbring about simultaneously scattering and aberration of claim 1, whereina number of random pattern lights with a plurality of incidence anglesis incident as the incidence beam.
 9. A method for imaging a targetobject within media which bring about simultaneously scattering andaberration comprising the following steps: (A) obtaining a plurality ofemission beams emitted from the target object in accordance with changeof an incidence angle of an incidence beam; (B) constructing atime-resolved emission matrix which is composed of an incidence wavevector of the incidence beam and an emission wave vector of the emissionbeam; (C) re-constructing the time-resolved emission matrix to aemission path aberration correction matrix which is composed of theemission wave vector and a deviation between the incidence wave vectorand the emission wave vector; (D) applying an emission path aberrationcorrection set to the emission path aberration correction matrix,thereby calculating an optimum emission path aberration correction setat which a total intensity of complex sum of a deviation spectrumbetween a reverse emission beam and a reverse incidence beam ismaximized, the reverse emission beam and the reverse incidence beam havereverse phase corresponding to the emission path aberration correctionmatrix; (E) correcting the time-resolved emission matrix by using theoptimum emission path aberration correction set; (F) re-constructing thetime-resolved emission matrix corrected in the step (E) to an incidencepath aberration correction matrix which is composed of the incidencewave vector and a deviation between the emission wave vector and theincidence wave vector; (G) applying an incidence path aberrationcorrection set to the incidence path aberration correction matrix,thereby calculating an optimum incidence path aberration correction setat which a total intensity of complex sum of a deviation spectrumbetween the emission beam and the incidence beam is maximized; (H)correcting the time-resolved emission matrix corrected in the step (E)by using optimum incidence path aberration correction set; and (I)obtaining an image by accumulating same deviation spectrum between theemission beam and the incidence beam in the time-resolved emissionmatrix corrected in the step (H).
 10. The method for imaging the targetobject within media which bring about simultaneously scattering andaberration of claim 9, wherein the step (C) to the step (H) isrepetitively executed for the corrected time-resolved emission matrixaccording to a pre-registered standard; and wherein the step (I) isexecuted after repetitive execution of the step (C) to the step (H). 11.The method for imaging the target object within media which bring aboutsimultaneously scattering and aberration of claim 9, wherein theemission beam comprises a reflection beam reflected from the targetobject or a penetration beam penetrating the target object.
 12. Themethod for imaging the target object within media which bring aboutsimultaneously scattering and aberration of claim 9, wherein a spectrumof the emission beam to which the incidence path aberration correctionset is applied in the step (G) is defined by formula   ɛ CLASS ( 1 ) ⁡ (Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = ⁢ ∑ i ⁢ ɛ o ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ( i ) = ⁢ γ ⁢ 𝒪 ⁡ (Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) · ∑ i ⁢ P i a ⁡ ( i ) ⁢ P o a ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) (i ) + ⁢ β ⁢ ∑ i ⁢ ɛ o M ⁡ ( i + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) ⁢ e i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ( i ) whereinθ_(i) ⁽¹⁾({right arrow over (k)}^(i)) is the incidence path aberrationcorrection set, P({right arrow over (k)}) is a complex pupil functionwhere a subscript ‘o’ represents an emission path and ‘i’ represents anincidence path, γ=exp[−2L/l_(s)], L is a thickness of the media, ls is ascattering mean free path, β is an average intensity of a multiplescattering wave in the emission beam, {right arrow over (k)}^(i) is theincidence wave vector, and {right arrow over (k)}^(o) is the emissionwave vector which is {right arrow over (k)}^(o)={right arrow over(k)}^(i)+Δ{right arrow over (k)}.
 13. The method for imaging the targetobject within media which bring about simultaneously scattering andaberration of claim 9, wherein the deviation spectrum between thereverse emission beam and the reverse incidence beam to which theemission path aberration correction set is applied in the step (D) isdefined by formula ɛ CLASS pc ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) = γ ⁢ 𝒪 - 1 ⁡ ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) · ∑ o⁢P o a ⁡ ( o ) * ⁢ P i ( 1 ) ⁡ ( o + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) * ⁢ exp ⁢ ⁢ i ⁢ ⁢ θ o ( 1 ) ⁡ ( o) + β ⁢ ∑ o ⁢ ɛ o M ⁡ ( o + Δ ⁢ ⁢ k → ) * ⁢ exp ⁡ [ i ⁢ ⁢ θ i ( 1 ) ⁡ ( i ) ] ⁢ exp⁢⁢i ⁢ ⁢ θ 0 ( 1 ) ⁡ ( 0 ) wherein θ_(o) ⁽¹⁾({right arrow over (k)}^(o)) isthe emission path aberration correction set, P({right arrow over (k)})is a complex pupil function where a subscript ‘o’ represents an emissionpath and ‘i’ represents an incidence path, γ=exp[−2L/l_(s)], β is anaverage intensity of a multiple scattering wave in the emission beam,{right arrow over (k)}^(i) is the incidence wave vector, and {rightarrow over (k)}^(o) is the emission wave vector which is {right arrowover (k)}^(o)={right arrow over (k)}^(i)+Δ{right arrow over (k)}. 14.The method for imaging the target object within media which bring aboutsimultaneously scattering and aberration of claim 9, wherein theincidence path aberration correction matrix is re-constructed as type oftime-resolved emission matrix after applying the optimum incidence pathaberration correction set to the incidence path aberration correctionmatrix, thereby the time-resolved emission matrix being corrected in thestep (H).
 15. The method for imaging the target object within mediawhich bring about simultaneously scattering and aberration of claim 9,wherein the emission path correction matrix is re-constructed as type oftime-resolved emission matrix after applying the optimum emission pathaberration correction set to the emission path correction matrix,thereby the time-resolved emission matrix being corrected in the step(E).
 16. The method for imaging the target object within media whichbring about simultaneously scattering and aberration of claim 9, whereina number of random pattern lights with a plurality of incidence anglesis incident as the incidence beam.